Before Sugar Hill, there was a Harlem label doing it first. 💿
Enjoy Records and the soundtrack to hip-hop's earliest rise:
#HipHopHistory
Enjoy Records and the soundtrack to hip-hop's earliest rise:
#HipHopHistory
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From cassette to cloud, the format never died — it just moved. 📼
The evolution of the mixtape, and why it's still how the culture breaks new artists:
#HipHopHistory
The evolution of the mixtape, and why it's still how the culture breaks new artists:
#HipHopHistory
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You've probably never heard his name. You've definitely felt his influence. 🎧
Grandmaster Flowers, the unsung pioneer who shaped DJ culture:
#HipHopHistory
Grandmaster Flowers, the unsung pioneer who shaped DJ culture:
#HipHopHistory
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From a street organization to the Zulu Nation. 🕊️
How Afrika Bambaataa turned the Black Spades into a cultural movement:
#HipHopHistory
How Afrika Bambaataa turned the Black Spades into a cultural movement:
#HipHopHistory
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Before Kool Herc, there was Disco King Mario's sound system running the Bronx. 🔊
The unsung foundation hip-hop was built on:
#HipHopHistory
The unsung foundation hip-hop was built on:
#HipHopHistory
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He turned the turntable into an instrument. 🎛️
Grandmaster Flash's break-mix technique, and what it still teaches DJs and creators today:
#HipHopHistory
Grandmaster Flash's break-mix technique, and what it still teaches DJs and creators today:
#HipHopHistory
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The future of this culture has a name, and we're saying it first. 🌱🎙️
Next Gen Spotlight puts up-and-coming artists in front of a real audience — no gatekeeping.
#HipHop #NextGenSpotlight #HoodzRadio
Next Gen Spotlight puts up-and-coming artists in front of a real audience — no gatekeeping.
#HipHop #NextGenSpotlight #HoodzRadio
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Before hip-hop had a name, it had a movie that saw it clearly. 🎥
Wild Style (1983) and what it still says about authenticity in culture-building:
#HipHopHistory
Wild Style (1983) and what it still says about authenticity in culture-building:
#HipHopHistory
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Every legacy has a cut that defines it. ✂️🎧
Legacy Cut breaks down the records that shaped the culture — one track, one story, every time.
#HipHop #LegacyCut #HoodzRadio
Legacy Cut breaks down the records that shaped the culture — one track, one story, every time.
#HipHop #LegacyCut #HoodzRadio
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35,000 meetings. One mission. Father Peter G. Young didn't change New York's addiction laws with one speech. He did it one meeting at a time at the Capitol.
#HoodzRadio #FatherPeterYoung
#HoodzRadio #FatherPeterYoung
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Full story, with connections from his memoir Fifty Years Young: hoodzradio.com/thirty-five-th…
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"Put the ball in his lap and let him run with it." Father Peter G. Young on recruiting the next generation of agents of change, and the wounded healers who lead the way.
#HoodzRadio #FatherPeterYoung
#HoodzRadio #FatherPeterYoung
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Full story, with connections from his memoir Fifty Years Young: hoodzradio.com/join-the-movem…
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No appointment. No lobbyist. Just coffee. Father Peter G. Young on how a cup of coffee at the Capitol brought Governor Rockefeller to his South End shelter to see the drug crisis for himself.
#HoodzRadio #FatherPeterYoung
#HoodzRadio #FatherPeterYoung
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Full story, with connections from his memoir Fifty Years Young: hoodzradio.com/governor-rocke…
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You can't get clean on the same corner where you got high. Father Peter G. Young on why recovery starts with a safe room, and the one commitment he asks for in return.
#HoodzRadio #FatherPeterYoung
#HoodzRadio #FatherPeterYoung
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Full story, with connections from his memoir Fifty Years Young: hoodzradio.com/finding-space-…
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"Why are they drinking?" is the wrong question. Father Peter G. Young breaks down the compulsion behind addiction and his decades-long fight to treat it as a disease.
#HoodzRadio #FatherPeterYoung
#HoodzRadio #FatherPeterYoung
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Full story, with connections from his memoir Fifty Years Young: hoodzradio.com/the-compulsion…
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